This picture of a vaccine vial from March 2020 is real

We’ve been asked about and seen posts that question whether a news report showing a vial apparently for a vaccine dated 15 March 2020 is genuine.

The report came from Sky, the footage showing the vial came to them on 23 April 2020. It shows a vaccine in development. You can see a similar image in their story here. 

There is no reason to think this is not a genuine photo. Vaccine doses are often produced well before they come to market for the purpose of trials.

The vaccine pictured is the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine, more commonly known as the Oxford or AstraZeneca vaccine. This vaccine has been in development since January 2020. 

By February 2020 doses of the trial vaccine were being produced, and clinical trial recruitment began in late March.  Other vaccines, such as the Moderna vaccine, have gone through testing at a similar time scale.

Vaccines can often take a long time to develop, with some stages taking years. The vaccines for Covid-19 have notably been developed much more quickly than usual for a number of reasons. 

However, as we’ve stated before, the streamlining of this process does not mean vital safety checks do not have to take place.

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